[2] Preliminary designs for a cottage, c.1791, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/172

Purpose

[2] Preliminary designs for a cottage, c.1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Upper: Variant of SM Adam volume 10/95 with the addition of a gated screen with piers and arched openings. There is a pencil detail of the opening and plan below Lower: Variant of SM Adam volume 10/95 comprising three rooms arranged around a central staircase and loggia entrance. The rear room contains bay windows. There are piers to the left of the house. Rooms include a sitting room and bed room

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(In pencil) [_] Wemyss / Sitting room / Bed / [_ _ _ _] room

Signed and dated

c.1791
datable to c.1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (325x287)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 15
King, 2001, pp. 253-255, 258
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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